Biography
EMPLOYMENT
- Midwestern Plumbing in Clermont County
- Chairman of the Batavia Township Trustees
WORK EXPERIENCE
My private sector experience includes starting and growing a two man operation into a multi-million dollar company that today employs more than 80 people and serves a large customer base. We are customer focused and deliver professional services in an ethical and dependable manner.
My public sector experience has included being a Batavia Township Trustee since 2001. During this time, Batavia Township has experienced significant growth and development. We have listened to the concerns and requests of the residents. With their support we have built a Community Center and a Recreation area on 78 acres of land and a Clermont County Veteran’s Memorial, all of this being done within our budgeted means.
EDUCATION
- Graduate of Amelia High School in 1969
- Completed five years plumbing apprenticeship program in 1974
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Master Plumbers Association
- Member of American Society of Sanitary Engineers
- Member of Small Businessmen’s Association of America
- Member of Clermont County Chamber of Commerce
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Clermont Chamber of Commerce board of Advisors
- Board member of the following organizations:
- Current Chairman, Batavia Board of Trustees
- Batavia Joint Central Fire & EMS
- Clermont County Boys & Girls Club
- Miami Valley RC&D Livable Landscape
- A Caring Place: Pregnancy Center
- Member of the Batavia Rotary Club
- Member of Clermont County Senior Citizens Golf Committee
- Member of Clermont County Green Space Committee
- Supporter of University of Cincinnati “Jim Saul’s Stay in School” Program
- Supporter of CASA, a program that helps abused & neglected children in Clermont County
- Supporter, Clermont County Special Olympics
- Supporter of Teen Challenge Ranch
- Yearly endowment, Clermont Senior Citizens
- Served on Clermont County 32 Corridor Committee
- Member of Clermont County Farm Bureau
- Supporter of Clermont County Junior Fair Board
- Supporter of Great Oaks Institute of Technology Foundation Board
AWARDS
- Receiver of the Rotary Club’s “Paul Harris” Award
- Receiver of the Clermont County Chamber of Commerce’s Corporate Pacesetter’s Award for demonstrating out standing qualities of corporate citizenship and leadership.
- In 2009, my wife Sandy and I were Inducted into “Jeremiah Milbank Society” a nationally recognized society for the Boys & Girls Club
HOBBIES/INTERESTS
- Gardening, Hiking, Snow Skiing & Traveling
FAVORITE QUOTE
- “Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens, then everybody disagrees.” By: Boris Marshalov
Vote for Archie November 2nd, 2010!